Category: Firefly Robotics Blog
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North Devon Robotics Challenge 2026
Firefly Robotics Educational Charity were honoured to be able sponsor the robotic design event, at the North Devon Robotics challenge 2026. Our charity is focused on promoting STEM in Devon and Cornwall mainly to key stage 2 students through learning how to program Edison Robots which the charity provides to…
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Bratton Fleming Community Primary School
26th March 2026 – Three members of Firefly Robotics Educational Charity held a STEM workshop with year 5 & 6 students at Bratton Fleming Community Primary School. In today’s 1.5 hour session we discussed the key elements of STEM and explored the importance of science and technology in our daily…
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Robotics challenge 2025
The overall winner of the 2025 competition was the team from South Molton Community College, who finished just ahead of second placed Blundells School. All the teams taking part took part in a friendly spirit of competition. They had a lot of fun, worked hard, and learned a lot about…
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New tech meets old tech…
The IET Devon and Cornwall local network joined the Devon and Cornwall IMechE at the Robey Trust Sausage and Cider Weekend in Tavistock, Devon on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of October. This was a great opportunity for the many local and not so local people attending the…
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End of term report 24/2025
Summary – in just over 6 months the Firefly Robotics team including volunteers have visited 24 schools and colleges in North Devon and taught over 600 students how to program with EdScratch by programming their own Edison Robot. The value and response to each free workshop has been amazing with…
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STEM Learning: Celebrating 20 Years of Inspiring Activities
Happy birthday! As a charity whose main ambition is to excite and engage young people in coding competencies, this charity, Firefly Education is the first in line to wish this supporting organisation a very happy birthday – with lots of cake! STEM Learning is 20 years old this year and…
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North Devon Robot Challenge 2024
Year 7 teams from five Devon schools met at Petroc College, Barnstaple in Wednesday (20th March) to compete in the North Devon Robotics Challenge